Case Mod's

Explosive_Cornflake · 01-07-2007 10:08pm

Of course dell released black inspirions in the recent past

awhir · 01-07-2007 10:49pm

should do a custom spray icon on the lid would make it Urber:D

Anti · 09-07-2007 11:37am

dubdvd wrote:

here we go again

You gonna sell that cube anytime soon?

requiem1 · 16-07-2007 12:40pm

just thought i'd put up my last two builds to keep this thread alive
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awhir · 16-07-2007 5:03pm

cool

like the case ! also the 1/2" tubing is way better.

what pump is that the d5 or swiftech version

requiem1 · 16-07-2007 6:05pm

D5 vario, picked it up in the states for $48, keeps it all flowing however it has a temp limit of 60 degrees in the water and then it doesn't work too well, but with the fans full blast i get my cpu at 22 degrees and my 8800 at 37 degrees. I'm feeling anti's problem with the pink water cause i have that too. I@m thinking of buying some danger den red primo flex and changing the setup to res>pump>double rad>cpu>singlerad>>graphics>res and also changing the res to one of the EK multioption res's cause the bay reservoir is annoying for refilling. If i do i'll repost the picks:D

papu · 15-02-2008 10:03pm

requiem1 wrote: »

just thought i'd put up my last two builds to keep this thread alive
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Nice Build

Fuddmillbyrne · 12-12-2008 12:43pm

Hey All

Not sure if anyone is still alive on this thread but gonna post this up anyway, ghost town or not!!!

Just recently started modding PC Cases after a few years, and many electric shocks, modding Xbox's/360's for fun. Looking for tips on what not to do when cutting etc.

I've added a recent 360 case mod (No Mocking, it was for a girl!) The case was custom painted too. I've thrown up a few shots of the PC I'm finishing at the moment. This was on a Dell inspiron with a custom paint job that filled in the dell imprint in the steel (you can still see it on the back)

All criticisms welcome (except for the fact that horses were used in the making of this post)

Lookin forward to hearing something back

Fudd

papu · 03-01-2009 5:11pm

wow that looks awesome! , I painted my Dell matt black with Hammerite :rolleyes:

12-07-2009 2:19am

Got bored with the look of my Dell Dimension 9200 and decided to give it a face lift yesterday, I got most of it done and hopefully I'll get to finish it off next weekend.

All I've left to do is to spray the remaining primed side panel, put an air vent on top (I fabbed it using a piece from a car bumper and fibre glass), and then spray it. Will post more pics when it's all done, but here's it so far

Before:

After: (filled in the Dell logos)

papu · 12-07-2009 2:38pm

I like it , reminds me of when i painted my dell 5150 Black

cant wait to see the top grill

12-07-2009 6:35pm

papu wrote: »

I like it , reminds me of when i painted my dell 5150 Black cant wait to see the top grill

Here's the vent / grill I made, just have to fab and mould it to the top, put in the fan and lights

Explosive_Cornflake · 13-07-2009 8:58am

hellboy99 wrote: »

Got bored with the look of my Dell Dimension 9200 and decided to give it a face lift yesterday, I got most of it done and hopefully I'll get to finish it off next weekend.

All I've left to do is to spray the remaining primed side panel, put an air vent on top (I fabbed it using a piece from a car bumper and fibre glass), and then spray it. Will post more pics when it's all done, but here's it so far

That's an excellent finish on the paint. Care to detail what you did?

13-07-2009 12:46pm

Explosive_Cornflake wrote: »

That's an excellent finish on the paint. Care to detail what you did?

First off I filled in the Dell logos on the side panels with car repair body filler and sanded that down flush with the panels when dry, then sprayed the case with primer.

Paints I used are car paints; the blue on the sides is a custom paint my brother had got made up for one of his cars, I added a metal flake to it and then finished off with a coat of lacquer.
The red/wine colour on the front is Ford Mondeo red, decided not to apply a lacquer to it as without it, it gives a flat / metal type apperance and I think it suits it :cool:

The vent / grill for the top was made from a cutout section from the middle lower part of a Ford RS back bumper. The back end of the vent was bent down to shape by heating it with a blow tourch and bending into place.
I then made sides for it using fibre glass, they will be fibre glassed onto it (lights and fan put in place) and then the whole vent will be mouled onto the top using more fibre glass, sanded down into shape, made flush to the case and then sprayed.

Hopefully I will get it all done this weekend and will post up pics of it then

C.D. · 27-11-2009 1:09pm

Some very impressive case mods here- I did my first "mod" today, though it is not strictly speaking a case mod.

Problem:

I have an OCZ GameXstream PSU, which was initially very quiet upon purchase two years ago. Fast forward to this week when I get a new case (Antec P183), GPU (Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X) and CPU cooler (Nexus Xir-3500), which are all known for being very quiet. I kid you not when I say my PSU sounded like an airplane in comparison to the rest of my system.

Solution:

Took apart my PSU, cut the wires to the 120mm fan and spliced them with the wires for a new, much quieter fan. The new fan uses less current at full load (0.24 vs 0.45) is 12V aswell and is also rated at 80 CFM, but seems quite content to push significantly less air through my PSU (you can really feel the difference). However, all the voltages (3.3V, 5V etc) are all fine under load and it is waaaaaaaaaay quieter so I'm happy.

Just thought it might be worth mentioning for any boardsies who like quiet PC's- much cheaper than buying a new PSU.

Pokes · 15-01-2010 11:40pm

Chieftec CH-03 casemod.. I wanted a new case but money is tight.My system was running a bit too hot so i added a 120mm exhaust fan in the top and two 90mm fans as front intakes. I still have a bit of work to do on it , I want to put in a side window and fit fan filters on the intakes. Going to replace all fans with blue LED ones too.

Before

Top

Re-Worked Front (Looks like it needs some more work

)

System is

Amd Phenom II 720be x3 @ 3.4ghz
MSI C770-C45
4gb OCZ Platinum 1600mhz DDR3
Radeon 4850
Spire CPU cooler
2x 1tb Samsung F1's
550w Enermax PSU

30-06-2010 9:22pm

Finally got my Dell case finished (didn't put the vent on as I couldn't get a fan in due to the side panel release system) , went from this:

to this:

Spiritine · 13-02-2011 8:02pm

Bump bump any modders out there!!!

Explosive_Cornflake · 14-02-2011 3:06am

Odd you should ask that today. I haven't done anything in years, and today I'm covered in saw dust.

I'm making a clock/photo frame/news ticker/weather widget.
It'll be another few days.

Old 14" laptop, Dell 630m, that doesnt charge anymore is becoming this.

Tomorrow I need to finish the wood, and should hopefully be receiving an 8GB cf card and an IDE-CF adapter. Hopefully it'll be silent.
I'll be doing a write up on it when it's finished.

Spiritine · 17-02-2011 1:01am

that is quite a big clock lol

Access · 11-06-2011 11:54pm

Explosive_Cornflake wrote: »

Odd you should ask that today. I haven't done anything in years, and today I'm covered in saw dust.

I'm making a clock/photo frame/news ticker/weather widget.
It'll be another few days.

Old 14" laptop, Dell 630m, that doesnt charge anymore is becoming this.

Tomorrow I need to finish the wood, and should hopefully be receiving an 8GB cf card and an IDE-CF adapter. Hopefully it'll be silent.
I'll be doing a write up on it when it's finished.

any update on your project... it looks fecking cool! are you wall mounting in a particular room? / was it just an old lappy you had lying around?

Explosive_Cornflake · 12-06-2011 10:02am

Access wrote: »

any update on your project... it looks fecking cool! are you wall mounting in a particular room? / was it just an old lappy you had lying around?

Only a small update I'm afraid.
I ended up getting a new job and moving, so didn't have much time, but I'll hopefully be sorting out the last few bits in the next few weeks.

It was an old laptop, few bits needed replacing and I bought a new one that's a bit lighter for travelling/dual core etc.

Was just a quick demo of it. Unfortunately it was a regular mechanical hard drive.
The CF card I orderee, or else 1 of the 3 CF to IDE adapters i got have a problem. The system can't boot from it. As far as I am aware, you need some special utility from the manufacturer to turn the CF card from Removable to fixed type. As far as I can figure out, the laptop BIOS won't boot from something that calls itself removable. If I can't change the type I'm going to think about making a PXE boot image.
It'll be a few weeks weeks before I get time to do this.
The plan is to have a clock running, but maybe also a photo slide show and a bluetooth/wifi interface from a phone to chnage radio stations etc.

ED E · 21-06-2011 10:41pm

I'm buying several litres of cooking oil tomorrow.....

Komplett-Tech: Ryan · 22-06-2011 4:27pm

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

I'm buying several litres of cooking oil tomorrow.....

Fishtank pc? I hope you got unscented/distilled oil.

Supermensch · 15-04-2012 1:04am

Without meaning to necrobump...

Why buy a case when you can doll up a shítbox!

Obliga-show off of my AMD Hackintosh

papu · 15-04-2012 6:00pm

that reminds me ,

, Counts as a case mod right?

freeze4real · 28-08-2012 10:20pm

wow is this thread dead ?

Hi all,

I need help adding another fan to my sapphire 4890, normal temp usually range from 60 - 70, while in use an 50 - 60 while idle.

so I removed the heat sink and cleaned an added a fresh thermal paste, I also added an 80mm fan just to the side to see how it will get on. so the temperature now is under 50c.

The problem is that the PC itself is lying flat so the fan is basically on top beside the gpu, i need a way to stick it on it permanently, any ideas ?

papu · 29-08-2012 12:59am

A picture would help , I'd suggest some hot glue , sticks plastics quite well and comes off easily enough when wanted , other than that zip tie it or use double sided tape.

I just did a job on Nibbles old v2000 , made some plexi brackets for the Psu , fixed in a plexi window and covered 2 top fan openings with plexi , Sleeved and did a big cable tidy up ,. I'll try get pics up tomorrow!

freeze4real wrote: »

wow is this thread dead ?

Hi all,

I need help adding another fan to my sapphire 4890, normal temp usually range from 60 - 70, while in use an 50 - 60 while idle.

so I removed the heat sink and cleaned an added a fresh thermal paste, I also added an 80mm fan just to the side to see how it will get on. so the temperature now is under 50c.

The problem is that the PC itself is lying flat so the fan is basically on top beside the gpu, i need a way to stick it on it permanently, any ideas ?

Erper · 29-08-2012 1:10am

freeze4real wrote: »

wow is this thread dead ?

Hi all,

I need help adding another fan to my sapphire 4890, normal temp usually range from 60 - 70, while in use an 50 - 60 while idle.

so I removed the heat sink and cleaned an added a fresh thermal paste, I also added an 80mm fan just to the side to see how it will get on. so the temperature now is under 50c.

The problem is that the PC itself is lying flat so the fan is basically on top beside the gpu, i need a way to stick it on it permanently, any ideas ?

change the case, atleast they are cheap...
and get one of my cards, atleast they will run better and colder that your

freeze4real · 29-08-2012 1:27pm

papu wrote: »

A picture would help , I'd suggest some hot glue , sticks plastics quite well and comes off easily enough when wanted , other than that zip tie it or use double sided tape.

I just did a job on Nibbles old v2000 , made some plexi brackets for the Psu , fixed in a plexi window and covered 2 top fan openings with plexi , Sleeved and did a big cable tidy up ,. I'll try get pics up tomorrow!

thanks for the reply, I'll try to add some pics later, as I don't have access to a heat gun and a I'm low on funds I'll use a zip wire instead.

At erper i just bought a new case so that's a no no and your gpu is out of my price range.

Erper · 29-08-2012 10:21pm

freeze4real wrote: »

thanks for the reply, I'll try to add some pics later, as I don't have access to a heat gun and a I'm low on funds I'll use a zip wire instead.

At erper i just bought a new case so that's a no no and your gpu is out of my price range.

if u want and ever in limerick we could make a deal for your monitor and one of my gpus...

freeze4real · 29-08-2012 11:25pm

Erper wrote: »

if u want and ever in limerick we could make a deal for your monitor and one of my gpus...

I'D love but i have to be in limerick which has never happened but there's always a 1st time, plus I have to off load the 4890.

My bro has the 6850 is its very cool.

Monotype · 30-08-2012 8:02pm

Those 4000 series run very hot and they're designed to run like that. I had one for a while and was a bit freaked out by the temperatures.

You can set the fan to run faster on it. Easiest way is to change it to manual in the control centre, but that's not really that useful.
There used to be guides around at the time that allowed you to set a lower target temperature so that it was still automatic but it ran a bit faster. They're most likely out of date as CCC has moved on a bit.

Actually, the easiest way to do it is to grab MSI's Afterburner. This allows you to set a curve for fan speed at a variety of temperatures. I used it to turn down an older card with noisy fan there recently and it worked wonders. Should also work for your card, hopefully.

ED E · 05-09-2012 1:49pm

Counts as a case mod right?

Flick that switch when gaming, allows me to push the clocks out without cooking my box.

Erper · 05-09-2012 1:59pm

ED E wrote: »

Counts as a case mod right?

Flick that switch when gaming, allows me to push the clocks out without cooking my box.

haha... nice mod...
why dont u buy a 12cm fan instead of those small noisy one

ED E · 05-09-2012 2:42pm

Erper wrote: »

haha... nice mod...
why dont u buy a 12cm fan instead of those small noisy one

It was just a spur of the moment thing that I did with bits I had lying around. Hopefully gonna be ordering the new rig soon(been saying that for months) so not really putting much into this box.

freeze4real · 12-09-2012 10:40am

ED E wrote: »

Counts as a case mod right?

Flick that switch when gaming, allows me to push the clocks out without cooking my box.

what did you use to stick the fan on that case, I'm thinking of adding those fan or one of it to my i3 cooler by using a rubber wire twisted together and burning the edges so that it wont be loose.

papu · 12-09-2012 12:58pm

freeze4real wrote: »

what did you use to stick the fan on that case, I'm thinking of adding those fan or one of it to my i3 cooler by using a rubber wire twisted together and burning the edges so that it wont be loose.

Looks like Hot glue gun

Cable Ties would also work .

ED E · 13-09-2012 11:26am

freeze4real wrote: »

what did you use to stick the fan on that case, I'm thinking of adding those fan or one of it to my i3 cooler by using a rubber wire twisted together and burning the edges so that it wont be loose.

Screws. Regular carpentry ones.

Hot glue was just to mount the switch.

Richardb98 · 26-10-2012 8:20pm

Ok, I am looking for a little advise, This is not only my First ever PC build. But it is also my first ever PC, I have always been a Mac person (And still am), but the idea of being able to build something completely custom appealed to me.

So i decided to give the whole thing a go. Self built, nice case and a bit of overclocking. I have the PC built and in a crappy old shell of a case. I am waiting for a Corsair Graphite 600T white edition to arrive.So far the gear I have in it is as follows.

i5 2500k cooled with an Antec H2O 920.
2x Sapphire 6770 (I know really not amazing cards, but its my first go).
8GB Crucial DDR3 Memory.

and the motherboard is an Asus P8H67 (this is my first Noob mistake, chipset does not allow you to OC. I have a Sabertooth z77 on order).

I know overall this is not a serious gaming machine, but i just wanted to have a go, and I can buy a propper graphics card later.

But what I really want advise on is painting. I wish to paint some of the plastic parts of some of the components, and I would just like some advice on types of paint. I have heard some very good things about vinyl dyes (such as VHT vinyl dye) but for love nor money I cant find it in Ireland. So if anyone knows where I can buy it, or suggetsions as to other types of paint that are also good, it would be greatly appreciated.

Richard.

Richardb98 · 01-11-2012 12:49pm

Ok I am Guessing this thread has died.

ED E · 01-11-2012 1:06pm

You could go down the electro-plating route but it'd be quite expensive.

I've got paint from the graffiti place in temple bar, but the nozzles they use or just how the paint works is quite poor for this kind of work.

You could give Krylon a try. Stocked in a few places at least.

cdb · 20-11-2013 2:34pm

Can anyone recommend a decent cpu block to watercool an i2500k.

game4it70 · 20-11-2013 3:08pm

cdb wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a decent cpu block to watercool an i2500k.

EK Supremacy.

Comes in different flavours.
Acetal + Nickel.
Full Nickel.
Acetal.
Etc Etc.

bernardamaac. · 16-06-2014 12:54am

Anybody have some plexiglass or Acrylic floating around off an old tower?

Digy123 · 16-06-2014 2:04am

bernardamaac. wrote: »

Anybody have some plexiglass or Acrylic floating around off an old tower?

I have a few meters of 1/2 mm thick Acrylic if its any good to ya mate,Based in Dublin

Aka Ishur · 19-06-2014 8:04am

I also have some clear acrylic hanging around. Cork based. About 40cm x 40cm

schrodinger · 12-03-2015 12:15pm

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a case for a JBOD I am building.

Simple requirements.

9 x 5.25" drive bays
4 PCI slots

The need for nine 5.25" bays are that I already have 3 x ICY DOCK FatCage which I intend to use to house twelve 3.5" 4TB WD Red drives.

The PCI slots are for the Intel SAS Expander, an SFF-8087 to SFF-8088 bracket and two PCI mounted 2.5" SSD disks.

There will be no motherboard installed into this case. Expander card powered using on-card power molex.

Thanks.

Lu Tze · 16-03-2015 8:37pm

schrodinger wrote: »

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a case for a JBOD I am building.

Simple requirements.
9 x 5.25" drive bays

4 PCI slots

The need for nine 5.25" bays are that I already have 3 x ICY DOCK FatCage which I intend to use to house twelve 3.5" 4TB WD Red drives.

The PCI slots are for the Intel SAS Expander, an SFF-8087 to SFF-8088 bracket and two PCI mounted 2.5" SSD disks.

There will be no motherboard installed into this case. Expander card powered using on-card power molex.

Thanks.

Hows about these, they list 9 bays

http://www.hardwareversand.de/Tower/53132/Cooler+Master+Storm+Trooper%2C+ohne+Netzteil.article

http://www.hardwareversand.de/Tower/60291/CM+Storm+Stryker+Big-Tower+-+wei%C3%9F%2C+ohne+Netzteil.article

Solitaire · 18-03-2015 6:34am

Isn't it 8 slots for 4xFatCages?

3 FatCages will only take up 6 bays and give you 9 HDD mounts...

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